Gas-broiler.



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WILLIAM J. SERRILL, OF HAVERFORJ), PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- t Tron oF PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-BROILER.

Application filed January 25, 1911.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SERRLLL,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident cfHa-verford, in the county of Delaware and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Broilers, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a comparatively, inexpensive gas broiler in which .the degree of heat to vwhich the broili-ng objects are subjected can bc rapidly, conveniently and accurately varied or adjusted, and in which objects requiring diiferent degrees of heat can be simultaneously exposed to and broiled by that degree of heat which is most appropriate to each of them and in which the objects being so broiled can be readily inspected from time to time and easily appliedto and removed from the broiler.

The invention will be claimed at thev end hereof, but will be first described in connection with the embodiment of it chosen, from many embodiments, for illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a side view of a broiler with parts broken away in order to illustrate features of the invention, and Fig. 2, is a front vievy of the same with parts broken away.

In the drawings 1 is a grid or grill for supporting the various objects to be broiled. Above this grid are disposed the heating means 2, which are mounted on swingelbows 3 so that the heating means are pivotally mounted at one edge or margin and therefore may be turned into proximity with the grid as shown for example in Fig. 2, or

I turned away from the grid or grill, more or less, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus it is possible to regulate the .degree of heat to which the article or articles on the grill are exposed and also to subject different articles to different degrees of heat at the same time. For instance in Fig. 1, articles laced toward the rear or left-hand side in t at figure will be exposed toa greater degree of heat than articles placed at the front or right-hand side in that figure and by turning the heating means upward or downward, the degree 'of heat is varied. This result can also be accomplished by movingthe articles toward the front or back of the broiler. When the heating means is lifted the articles may be easily inspected, turned, seasoned'or what Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Serial No. 604,554.

no t and the operation of raising and lowering the heating means is easy, as will appear from the following description.

lhe heating means are shown to coinprise burners l which play upon a ,suitable reflector 5, which may have a comparatively small opening 6 in it to permit .of the escapeL of products of combustion and cooking vapors and odors. This opening may be a slot about three-fourths of an inch wide and extending through the part 5 from the back to the front of the heating means. As shown the burners 4 project from pipes 7 which also c arry the reiiector 5 and two ofv these pipes 7 are used, one disposed at each side of the broiler. The pipes 7 communicate by the swing-elbows 3 with the pipes 8 to which a mixture of gas and air is supplied by the mixers 9. 10, are the fittings for supplying gas to these mixers, one of which is disposed on each side of the broiler. The grill or grid l is slidably mounted upon ways 11 so that it can be easily Withdrawn from and inserted into the broiler. 12, is a pan for catching grease or the like, which may drip from the grill or grid. rlhe front 18 of the housing 17 is shown as slidable in ways 14 and it is connected as by means of the fastenings 18 with the frame of the reflector 5 to which frame are attached the pipes 7, so that the parts 13, 5, 4, and 7, are pivoted on the swinging elbows 3. The counterweight 15 and its connection 16 counterbalance the heating means and front of the housing and other parts connected therewith, so that these parts may be easily moved.

lt is well known to cooks and chefs that in broiling, it is frequently desirable to employ a comparatively great heat so as to sear the outside of the meat and to thereafter einploy a lower temperature so as to complete the cooking, after the juices have been retained by the searing at high temperature. Obviously this may be readily accomplished by means of the described broiler, since all that is required is to turn the heating means toward or away from the grid or grill. Moreover a. similar result can be obtained by setting the heating means at a proper angle to the grill or grid and then moving the objects on it toward the back or front as may be required and in any event by simply turning up the heating means it is possible to inspect the grid and objects thereon so as to ascertain and control the broiling operations.

That I claim is:

1. In a gas broiler thecombination of a housing having an opening at the front, a vertically immovable grill or grid, heating means pivotally supported above the grill or grid and having a swinging movement up and down in respect thereto, and a coverfor saidopening immovably attached to the heating means, substantially as described. v

2. The combination in a gas broiler of an open front housing, a vertically immovable i grill or grid slidably mounted in the housing and adapted to be inserted and withdrawn through the open front, and upwardly and downwardly swinging heating means arranged above the grill or grid and v provided at the front edge with a cover, substantially as described.

3. In a gas broiler the combination of a housing having an opening at the front thereof, a grill or grid, and pivoted counterweighted upwardly and downwardly swing- 4:. Inv a gas broiler the combination of a vertically immovable grill or grid, heating means including a reflector having openings and arranged above the grill or grid and pivotally mounted at one edge thereof, so as to be capable'or` a range of upwardly and downwardly turning movement toward and away from the grill or grid, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

WILLIAM J. SERRILL.

hereunto Witnesses:

VILLLAMA. CAs'roR, l/V. H. FULWEILER. 

